NSW bushfires: State on high alert for winter blazes

Large parts of New South Wales remain on high alert for bushfires today, as crews battle to keep on top of several blazes burning across the state.

Ongoing wind and dry conditions have made it difficult for firefighters to get the upper hand on the unseasonable bushfires which are still burning at Mount Kingiman west of Milton, North Nowra, Bega, the Blue Mountains and the Richmond and Clarence valleys.

Very high fire danger is predicted for the New England, Northern Slopes and Far North Coast, with nearly 80 fires still burning along the Great Dividing Range.

Firefighters have managed to get the upper hand on fires at Nowra on the NSW south coast. (Nine)Locals have been putting out the smouldering embers left behind by the winter blazes. (Nine)

The alert comes after three teenage boys were charged with sparking a blaze at Blaxland west of Sydney during the total fire ban issued yesterday.